Example sentences of "setting the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the glass shone God 's sun , setting the colours alight : blue , green , yellow , red . |
| 2 | By setting the student problems during the final flights before going solo , the instructor can test his ability to think logically and to deal with situations as they arise . |
| 3 | In this setting the qualitative was constantly under evaluation at the expense of the quantitative measure , for the ‘ wise ’ amongst us who were present knew that the statistical return often gives a skewed version of complex social events , although it speaks volumes about the way our systems of control are generated and maintained . |
| 4 | And not just in Britain either , though it was now setting the pace - or at least contributing its own in all these fields . |
| 5 | The knob at the rear is for setting the pointer to any desired position for calibration . |
| 6 | George Hatfield , who runs the production turning course at Sydney Technical College in Australia , will again be setting the competition , and again we will be asking entrants to submit two pieces . |
| 7 | This is useful in setting the zero field output correctly . |
| 8 | The culture of science looks for rapid and visible results , and it is this , despite occasional formal disavowals , that is setting the agenda . |
| 9 | Among minor roles I enjoyed Roger Bryson 's fussy Sacristan , setting the scene of pious hypocrisy by lighting up during the Angelus . |
| 10 | Sibelius and Stenhammar were shown setting the same text ( The Girl returned from meeting her lover ) with Stenhammar providing a sharp , sweet , highly contrasted little folkloric scena complete with sad introductory Schubertian piano tune . |
| 11 | A self-proclaimed poineer and the ‘ first man to go the whole hog ’ with his business , the Wild Boar Company , he was all for setting the strictest standards of breeds , offering a product aimed at the ‘ luxury end ’ of the market . |
| 12 | The secret of a successful outcome depends partly on setting the right reserve price , a task the auctioneer undertakes in conjunction with the seller . |
| 13 | Significantly , Melrose and Jed-Forest , border rivals who began developing local youth talent years ago , are today among four unbeaten teams setting the title pace . |
| 14 | In announcing yesterday that its Automated Pit Trading system will start on 30 November , the London International Financial Futures Exchange inserted the final element in a cautious but promising strategy for intergrating electronic trading and open outcry , and setting the pace for exchange reform in London . |
| 15 | Another feature of Party activity in Roslavl' and Smolensk reflected in microcosm top-level efforts in Moscow to divide and rule by setting the Living Church and other sects against the official Orthodox Church . |
| 16 | The partial reaction against it in the Tory 1950s — ‘ setting the people free ’ — did not lead to the contraction of the government service . |
| 17 | The Americans were setting the pace . |
| 18 | Often when talking with the girls she had noticed that whenever Moran entered the room silence and deadness would fall on them ; and if he was eating alone or working in the room setting the teeth of a saw , putting a handle in a broken spade on a wet day , taking apart the lighting plant that never seemed to run properly for long — they always tried to slip away . |
| 19 | ‘ I had my only run of the day at approximately 11 am and after setting the hooks I had a slow , dogged fight for about five minutes before netting the fish at the second attempt , ’ said Dave . |
| 20 | This angler has tried going quite heavy down the line with three No. 6 shot , setting the tackle three feet over depth . |
| 21 | Schumacher , setting the fastest lap of the race in the process , finally got past Blundell just before half-distance . |
| 22 | Setting the height |
| 23 | Setting the scene for radical change . |
| 24 | Mr Miroslav Stepan , the politburo member who has been accused of setting the riot police on the demonstrators , has been charged . |
| 25 | While the Blue Streak saga was being played out , Macmillan and McLeod had been setting the stage for Britain 's final withdrawal from Empire . |
| 26 | But Mr Zogby of the Arab-American Institute believes that the war in the Gulf , far from setting the cause back , may be a moment of opportunity : ‘ The United States ’ , he says , ‘ now knows that it will need to build bridges to the Middle East . |
| 27 | It proved to be Gooch 's day ; with Slack he put on 89 for the second wicket in seventeen overs , setting the foundations for the later onslaught . |
| 28 | I must have been arranging those flowers , and setting the lighted candles round them , at the very moment my father was dying . |
| 29 | This time , after setting the passages in their context in the briefest possible way , we will turn to them straight away . |
| 30 | Setting the people free took longer than anticipated , but the first casualties were those identity cards and the Festival site , in 1952 . |